Flushing apparatus



A. M. HOUSER AND w. B. MORRIS? FLUSHING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 20. 1920.

Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

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NOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

FLUSHING- APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. '7, 1922.

Original application filed December 21, 1917, Serial No. 208,2(14. Divided and this application filed September 2o, 19%.

i '0 all whom it may concern Illinois, and of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flushing Aippara tus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates in general to valve operating mechanism and has more particular reference to foot-actuated apparatus designed for the purpose of operating a closet howl flushing valve, this application. constituting a division of our prior application, Serial No. 208,204, filed December 21, 1917,

One of the primary objects of our presentinvention is to provide a flushing apparatus of the character indicated, which. will be simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, easy to install, and one which will le reliable in operation, convenient to assemble, and which is readily accessible for purposes of repair or replacement when-necessary.

Other objects and many of the attendant advantages of our invention will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following description, when considered in connection with the acco1n1.)aI1yin drawings.

iieferrmg to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a flushing appara tus embodying our invention, showing its I manner of installation and method of connection to a flushing valve;.

Fig, 2 is a fragmentary view. partially in section, of the apparatus disclosed in Fig. l; and f A Fig, 3 is a.- vertical sectional view taken at right angles to the showing of Fig. 2.

While our invention is applicable to flush valves of various types, we have shown on the drawings for purposes of illustration, a flush valve of well known construction, commercially referred to as the Phillips flush valve and it is designated on. the drawings by reference character 4;. This valve is connected at one end in the usual manner to the water supply pipe 5 and its outlet is connected to the bowl 6 by a pipe 7 which passes through the partitio 8. On the Serial No. 411,512.

valve casing is mounted the lever 9,.the arm 11 of which when raised, opens the valve and brings the air check (not shown) which is disposed within the cylinder 12, into position where the subsequentdischarge of the water toward the bowl is controlled in the customary manner until the valve closes,

position by the water pressure.

Our invention is designed for the purpose of actuating the lever 11 from the point in front of or at the side oi the bowl and comprises apparatus adapted to be actuated by the toot for the purpose of operating the flushing device, and withthis end'in view,

This cover plate is.

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'60 whereupon the arm 11 is returned to normal provided near one end with a depending guiding sleeve 17 adapted to receive and guide in its vertical movements, the hollow stem 18 of a pedal push huttonformed at its upper exposed end to provide an index cap 19 and threaded at its lower end to receive a stop ring or nut 21 by which the push button is retained against displace ment from the cover plate. Near the oppo site end of the casing and in the side wall nearestthe partition, there is formed a socket 523 interlorlv threaded to receive the exteriorly threadediuner end of a tubular member 24 setbelow the upper surface ol the floor. The opposite wallet the casing is formed in alignment with the socket 2 5 with a hearing 25, and supported upon these aligned bearings. is the fulcrum hub 26 of pedal lever or arm 27. The free end of this lever is formed to provide a concave socket or depression. 28 disposed in vertical alignment with the push button, and between this socket and the concave inner face of the index cap 19, there is loosely disposed a push rod or pin 29 through which downward thrust upon the button is imparted to the lever 27 without binding or cramping of any of the co-operating parts.

The hub 26 of the lever 27 is interiorly shaped to receive the inner end of a rock shaft 31 to which the hub is secured by a set screw 32. The outer end of this rock shaft projecting 'beyond the end of the tubular member24z has secured thereon by a set screw 33, a lever 34 which extends laterally from the rock shaft and is pivotally at tached at its outer end to a link 35 connectedat itsupperend with the lever arm 11, as shown in Fig. 1. r

.The casing 13 and the tubular member 24L being preferably permanently set in the con; crete of the floor as shown, it will be manifest that they are stationarily secured and retained in desiredposition so that they are not subject to accidental displacement. The various operating parts are enclosed and protected against injury and by simply removing the screws'15, the top plate let of the casing can be lifted ofiso as to permit access to the interior of the casing for purposes of inspection, repairs, or replacement. .The lever 27 can be readily'disconnected from the rock shaft by simply loosening the screw 32, which permits longitudinal withdrawal of this shaft from its casing 24, and a as will be apparent, all of the parts can be quickly andeasily assemblechi and when united, provide a compact, efficient andserviceable apparatus for actuating a flushing valve.

It is believed that our invention, its manner of construction and assembly, and mode of operation will be understood from the foregoing without further description, and

while we have shown and described a pre ferred embodiment of the invention, it will be obvious that the various details are capable of wide modification-and variation without departing from the essence of the invention, as defined in the following claims.

We claim:

V l. Ina flushing apparatus, the combina tion of a flushing valve, acasingadapted to be set in a floor, a rockshaft journaled in said casing, said shaft being extended lat= erally through one wall of the casing beneath the upper surface of the floor to a point in proximity to said flushing valve. an arm sen clever, the other endof the rod being adapted cured to said extended end, of the shaft, an operative connection between said arm and said flushing valve, and means operable from outside said casing for actuating said rock shaft.

valve operating member.

' from around said rock shaft, and means secur ed to the outer end of said rock shaft for operating said flushing valve upon ac-- tuation of said rock shaft.

3. In a flushing apparatus, the combina tion of a casing adapted to be set ina floor, a lever arm journaled within said cas a removable top secured to the casing, an operating device extending through said top into operative relation with said arm, I

a rock shaft rigidly attached to said arm and oro'ertin laterall from said'casin n y c m a tubular member surrounding said rock shaft and attached at one end to a side wall of said casing, an'arm secured to the outer end of said rock shaft, and a flushing valve actuating member connected to said arm.

4:. In flushing apparatus, thecombination of a floor anchored closure means, comprislng a floor box having an inner'bearing and provided wlth an elongated tubular member disposed in alignment with said bearing, j

and adapted to be supported in the floor, a pedal actuated lever having its hub journaled in said bearing, and a fulcrum rod mounted to turn in said tubular member upon actuation of said lever, said rod hav-' ing its inner end engaged in the hub of said lever and its outer end exposed for connection with a flushing valve operating member.

5. In flushingapparatus, the combination of a housing having an lnner bearlng and an elongated tubular member 'POSltlOIlBCl in alignment with'said bearing andconstituting an extension of said housing,i a lever having ts hub ournaled 1n sald bear1ng,ga

fulcrum rod mounted to turn in said tubular member upon actuatlon of said lever having one end removablv seated in the hub oflsaid to be :operatively connected with'a flushing ARTHUR M. Houses, 7 WILLIAM B. Monms; 

